slap

/slæp/

/slæp/

Other forms: slapped; slapping; slaps

To slap someone is to hit them with the palm of your open hand. It's not nice to slap your sister, no matter how mad you are.

A smack or open-handed blow is a slap, and you can also describe the sound it makes—or a similar sound—as a slap. You could describe the slap of water against the side of your rowboat, or say that your mom slaps her magazine against the table when she's done reading. Slap is also an informal adverb, meaning "immediately" or "directly:" "Sneaking out of class, he ran slap into the principal."

Definitions of slap

1. noun

   a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
   synonyms: smack

   type of:

   blow, bump

   an impact (as from a collision)
2. noun

   the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
   synonyms: smack, smacking

   types:

   spank

   a slap with the flat of the hand

   type of:

   blow, buffet

   a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
3. verb

   hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
   types:

   cuff, whomp

   hit with the hand

   type of:

   strike, zonk

   deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
4. adverb

   directly
   “ran slap into her”

   synonyms: bang, bolt, slapdash, smack